MORAN, James P., a Representative from Virginia; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., May 16, 1945; B.A., College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., 1967; attended the Bernard Baruch School…
MEEK, Carrie P., (mother of Kendrick Meek), a Representative from Florida; born in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., April 29, 1926; B.S., Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Fla., 1946; M.…
Senate Years of Service: 2010-Party: RepublicanBROWN, Scott P., a Senator from Massachusetts; born on September 12, 1959, in Kittery, Maine; graduated Wakefield High School, Wakefield, Mass.,…
FLANAGAN, Michael P., a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., November 9, 1962; graduated, Lane Technical High School; B.A., Loyola University, Chicago Ill. 1984; J.D., Loyola…
FRELINGHUYSEN, Rodney P., (son of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr., great-great grandson of Frederick Frelinghuysen, and great-great-great nephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen), a Representative…
(Encyclopedia) Smith, George Pearson, 1941–, American biologist, b. Norwalk, Ct., Ph.D. Harvard, 1970. Smith has been a professor at the Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, since 1975 (emeritus since 2015…
Senate Years of Service: 1922-1957Party: DemocratGEORGE, Walter Franklin, a Senator from Georgia; born on a farm near Preston, Webster County, Ga., January 29, 1878; attended the common…
(Encyclopedia) George, river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, rising in a lake on the Quebec-Labrador boundary, E Canada. It flows N through Indian Lake (125 sq mi/324 sq km) to Ungava Bay (an arm of Hudson…
(Encyclopedia) Ohr, George Edgar, 1857–1918, American ceramist, often considered the first art potter in the United States, b. Biloxi, Miss. He apprenticed in New Orleans, traveled to potteries in 16…
(Encyclopedia) Rickover, Hyman George, 1900–1986, American admiral, b. Russia. In World War II he served as head of the electrical section of the navy's Bureau of Ships. After the war he was assigned…